"Jimi Hendrix did a record here 30 years after he died. That's how cool this place is."

I was reading the introduction of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus on Sunday. It explains why John Gray (I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong) wrote the book to begin with- his wife had been torn while giving birth and she was at home with the baby and ran out of painkillers. She asked John's brother (who was at the house at the time, John was at work) to pop out and get her some more but he didn't come back so she spent the day looking after a young baby in extreme pain with no pain killers. When John got back from work, she was upset and they got into a spat and he went to walk away and she then said he's a "fair weather friend" and that the times when she's upset etc and needs him the most, he always walks away when all she wants is to feel him holding her.

I didn't understand the situation from a guy's point of view. For me it is the most natural thing in the world to comfort someone who is upset. I can't imagine just walking away. I really can't. Even if it was someone I didn't like, I still think I'd be compelled to stay and try to comfort them, even if it meant just sitting quietly with them. I couldn't walk away. I just couldn't. And that's just someone I don't like. If it was someone I loved, the last thing I would do would be walk away.
I guess that's just one of the many differences between men and women though, huh?

When I'm upset though, what I really want is for someone (that would be Stef, as my first choice)to hug me, stroke my hair and tell me that everything is okay. That is all I crave each time. Ignoring the fact that I'm upset (/acting like I'm not), or walking away from me is the VERY worst thing you could do.

I guess that's just something I will never understand, eh?